Manifolding sales-book and holder.



No. 647,933. Patented Apr.. 24, I900.

w. F. BECK.

NIANIIFO'LD'ING SALES BOOK AND HOLDER.

[Application flleli May 4, 1899.},

(No Model.)

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STATES PATENT Fries.

WARREN F. BECK, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 647,933, dated April24, 1900.

Application filed May 4, 1899. Serial Nor 715,560. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, WARREN F. BECK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elmira, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifold-Pads andHolders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the pads used by merchants andothers for taking manifold copies of orders, &c., and to the holders forsuch pads; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide asimple and cheap form of holder for the pads, and, second, to provide astaple for fastening the leaves of the pad together, whereby the leavesmay be separated from the pad easily and without tearing. I accomplishthese objects by the construction and arrangement of the parts asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 representsthe holder in perspective; Fig. 2, a side view of the holder with pad inposition and one side of bail cut away; Fig. 3, a perspective view ofthe pad, showing the manner of stapling the leaves together; and Fig. 4,a diagrammatic illustration of the manner of manipulating a zigzag padthe leaves of which are fastened together by my improved staple.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through out the several views.

A A represent the leaves of a hinged cover or holder for the pad, theleaf A being made of a stiff material, preferably of tin or othersuitable sheet metal, having one end bent up at right angles at B andhaving a bail C, of wire, hinged in the angle between A and B andextending across the holder. The bail 0 when turned up in the positionshown in Fig. 1 projects a trifle beyond the edge of the portion B.

D is the pad, having attached to its back a stiffish strip of paper E bymeans of the staple F, which fastens the leaves of the pad together. Toplace the pad in the holder, the

strip E is slipped beneath the bail O, (the bail being in the positionshown in Fig. 1,) after which the bail is thrown down into the positionshown in Fig. 2, the head of the pad then coming against the bent-upportion B of the It will be seen that the pad is thus holder.

held from movement in the holder except when the bail O is thrown backinto the position shown in Fig. 1. The bail is preferably-made to bindwhere it is hinged in the some little efiort to turn it. a

G represents the carbon-sheet, which in this instance is shown stapledto the pad between the strip E and the lower leaf of the pad.

The pad illustrated is'of the zigzag or continuous-strip type, theleaves being folded back and forth upon one another and perforated atthe folds. In using the pad, therefore, the top leaf will be lifted andthe carbon-sheet inserted between it and the next leaf, after writingupon which both original and copy may be severed from the pad, the

angle between A and B, so that it requires next original sheet beingdrawn away from the staple with the copy ready to be laid down upon thecarbon-sheet, as shown in Fig. 4..

In Fig. 8 I have shown a pad fastened together with myimproved staple.This staple F is driven through the pad from the back, and the shortprojecting ends f f are bent down against the face of the pad, thenovelty of the staple lying in the position given these turned-downends. Were these ends bent directly toward one another or transverse tothe pad they would hold the leaves so se curely that each leaf would betorn in pulling it away from the staple. By turning the ends downward,so that they point toward the bottom of the pad, a slight pull will drawthe leaves over these bent ends without tearing. If these ends are bentstraight down or 1011- gitudinally with the length of the pad, theleaves will be apt to pull away from the sta= ple too easily, and Itherefore prefer to give said ends a greater or less inclination to thehorizontal, according to the requirements of any particular case, itbeing apparent that the more these ends approach a transverse positionthe more securely will the leaves be held in place.

Heretofore it has been the practice to make the zigzag pads withoutan yfastening for the leaves in the pad itself, a spring-clamp or similardevice upon the pad-holder being relied upon to hold the leavestogether. By my improved staple each pad has its leaves se curely heldtogether, regardless of the holder,

and I am enabled to use in connection with such a pad the very simpleand inexpensive holder herein described.

While I prefer to make the leaf A of metal and the leaf A of cardboard,covering said leaves and hinging them together with cloth, leatherette,or other suitable materials, I do not limit myself in any way to thisconstruc tion, as it is quite apparent that the leaf A may be dispensedwith entirely, if so desired, and also that only so much of the leaf Amay be made of metal as will form and retain the turned-up end portion.Furthermore, it will be obvious that the leaf A may be hinged to A atthe head of the pad instead of at the foot, as shown. Thefastening-strip E may also be carried down the full length of the padinstead of being cut short, as shown. I

Having thus described my improvements, what I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a pad having a stiflish strip attached to itsback in proximity to one end, of a holder therefor, co-m prisin g a backpiece having one end bent up at right angles and a bail hinged at theangleto engage the strip on the pad and hold the pad in place when saidbail is turned down upon the back piece.

2. A pad having its leaves fastened together at one end by a staplepassed through from the back with its ends bent down upon the pad andturned in the direction of the free ends of the leaves of the pad.

3. A manifold-pad havingits leaves formed in one continuous strip foldedtogether in zigzag fashion and fastened together at one end by a staplepassed through from the back with its ends bent down upon the pad andturned in the direction of the free ends of the leaves of the pad, incombination with a stiffish back strip stapled in with the leaves at theback of the pad for the purpose set forth.

4. A manifold-pad having its leaves fastened together at one end by astaple passed through from the back with its ends bent down upon the padand turned in the direction of the free ends of the leaves of the pad,in combination with a carbon, or transfer sheet and a stiflish backstrip stapled in with the leaves at the back of the pad, as and for thepurpose set forth.

5. A holder for manifohtpads comprising a stilf back piece having oneend bent up at right angles with a bail hinged in the angle andextending across the holder.

